Pentagon Announces ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Military Personnel Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination

‘We are tracking all these very closely,’ Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said.

Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, speaks at the High School Leadership Summit, at George Washington University in Washington on July 26, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The Pentagon has “zero tolerance” for any civilian or military personnel who mocks Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a spokesman said on Thursday.

“It is unacceptable for military personnel and Department of War civilians to celebrate or mock the assassination of a fellow American,” Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman and senior adviser, wrote in a post on X. “The Department of War has zero tolerance for it.”